Australia
Pacific spared in cuts to Australian aid budget
The Pacific has been mostly spared from large cuts to Australia's foreign aid budget.
Budget Day or election campaign launch?
Australia correspondent Karen Middleton joins Kathryn to pick over yesterday's Budget. With an announcement expected shortly about a likely election date, the Opposition was calling it more of a… Audio
Qantas starts up more direct flights to Fiji and PNG
Australia's airline Qantas is beginning direct flights from Sydney to Nadi for the first time in twenty years.
Chat 10 Looks 3: broadcast banter
In 'Chat 10 Looks 3' two well-known Australian journalists and media personalities- Leigh Sales and Annabel Crabb- share their friendship, and details of their lives outside work. We play some of… Audio
Report reveals power of Australia's gun lobby
As New Zealand moves on significant gun law reform there are warnings that gun control across the Tasman is being circumvented by a powerful gun lobby which is quietly undermining laws introduced… Audio
Egg boy speaks out: 'it united people'
Egg Boy has spoken out about his attack on Queensland senator Fraser Anning, saying that while he concedes egging the senator his the head was not the right thing to do, it had united people and… Audio
One Nation's NRA scandal
Australia correspondent Bernard Keane looks at One Nation's future, after the party's leader and Pauline Hanson's chief of staff were caught on video by an undercover Al Jazeera reporter soliciting… Audio
New laws for social media platforms in Australia after terror attack
New laws that would make it illegal for social media companies to leave videos filmed by terrorists on their sites are being drafted by the Australian government after the Christchurch shootings…
Cyclone Trevor forces evacuation of Northern Territory towns
Australia's Northern Territory has begun its largest mass evacuation since 1974, with Cyclone Trevor expected to strengthen to a category four or five as it moves west.
Samoa pig head thrower admits immigration charge
Talalelei Pauga, who won notoriety for throwing a pig's head at the Samoan prime minister, has pleaded guilty to an immigration offence.
Australia's Senate to consider censure of egged politician
Karen Middleton reports from Canberra on the reaction to the mass killings in Christchurch by an Australian citizen, including the possible censure of Senator Fraser Anning, who was egged over his… Audio
Australia and PNG sign Lombrum naval base deal
Papua New Guinea and Australia have signed a memorandum of understanding regarding their joint plans to develop a naval base on PNG's Manus Island.
FBI, Aus police helping with investigation into mosque attacks
Two hundred and fifty detectives and police are investigating the terrorist attack on two Christchurch mosques - the largest investigation in New Zealand history. Video, Audio
George Pell to spend at least 3 years, 8 months in jail
Cardinal George Pell has been sentenced to six years' in prison for sexually abusing two choirboys when he was Catholic archbishop of Melbourne. Foreign Editor Graeme Acton reports. Audio
Australia correspondent Bernard Keane
How National is tearing itself apart over the leadership of the party, and the right to the job of Deputy Prime Minister, with Barnaby Joyce insisting he had a right to the job. Audio
Cardinal George Pell sentencing today to be livestreamed
Former Vatican treasurer Cardinal George Pell will be sentenced today after his conviction for sexually abusing two young people in Melbourne in the 1990s.
Progress on pathway to citizenship for NZers in Aus 'stalled'
Saturday Morning - High Commissioner to Australia Dame Annette King says plans to introduce a quicker pathway to Australian citizenship for New Zealanders living there have stalled. Audio
Refugees of "adverse character" to be sent to Christmas Island for medical treatment
Refugees detained on Manus Island and Nauru considered to be of "adverse character" will be sent to Christmas Island if they try to come to Australia under new medical evacuation laws.
More fallout from Cardinal Pell conviction
Australia correspondent Karen Middleton looks at how the fallout from the conviction of Cardinal George Pell for historical child sex abuse continues - his controversial lawyer, Robert "plain vanilla"… Audio
Vanuatu looks to Australian South Sea Islanders
Vanuatu's foreign minister has met with Australia's South Sea Islander community during a recent trip to the country. Audio